The British author made it happen once again by giving Leila, a 9-year-old girl from Pakistan a chance to participate in The Ickabog challenge.
https://twitter.com/jam_musings/status/1268088906785964032?s=20
Contestants from Pakistan were not allowed to send submissions for the competition but Leila’s mother got her friend, Khizra, who has a following of about 12,000 people on Twitter, to post about Leila’s art that she made for the contest.
She said, "Just because Pakistani kids don’t qualify for #TheIckabog competition, doesn’t mean niece Leila was going to miss being a part of the experience. Hope @jk_rowling likes this version of the Dovetails’ house, because that would be just as awesome as having the drawing chosen."
https://twitter.com/KhizM/status/1268264642679320582?s=20
Khizra, however, slept soon after she posted, just happy about her niece’s wonderful art, only to wake up to JK Rowling having shared and adored the painted illustration.
https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1268274121563127809?s=20
J.K. Rowling said, "I LOVE this beautiful picture of the Dovetails' house, Leila! You've put so much of the story into the illustration: it's clearly a carpenter's house, with all those wooden accents, and I love the garden and flowers (but the sign to the graveyard adds a sad note #TheIckabog"